Cork-protector



(No Model.)

C. W. MACKEY.

GORK PROTECTOR.

No; 601,776. 'Patented Apr. 5,' 1898.

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CORK-PROTECTO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 601,776, dated April 5,1898.

Application filed August 26, 1896. Renewed November 3, 1897. Serial No.657,294. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, CHARLES W. MAoxEY,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Mo-.

ravia, county of Cayuga, in the State of New York, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement to Protect the Cork ofl a Bot-` tlefrom Being Withdrawn Without Detection, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to antirefilling-bottles, being designed toprevent the removal of the contents of the bottle or similar vesselwithout destroying the appearance of the original package and plainlyindicating that the contents had been removed.

It is also the aim of this invention to provide, in connectionvtherewith, means for extracting the cork o r stopper simultaneously withthe unsealing of the bottle.

To this end the invention consists in certain novel features and detailsof construction, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in thedrawing, and incorporated in the claims.

The accompanying drawing represents a sectional view of a bottle,showing also the cork and the improved deviceapplied thereto.

Referring to the drawing, l designates a bottle or other vessel, which'may be of any size or shape, the same beingshown as provided with areduced neck 2, in which is fitted a stopper 3, of cork or any suitablematerial.

4 designates a corkscrew adapted to beinserted into the cork .3 andconnected rigidly to or formed integrally with one or more extensions 5.Two such extensions 5 are illustrated in the drawing, the same beingadapted to extend downward upon the sides of the bottle at or near thegreatest diameter of said bottle and at diametrically opposite points,so that when the packing-label is placed upon or around the bottle theextremities of said extensions will be engaged by the label and confinedbetween the said label and the exterior surface of the bottle.

6 designates the label, which 'may extend' of the label. dered orsecured to the point of junction of Athe extensions 5 in any suitablemanner. V'Ihe stopper is first inserted in the neck of the bottle, afterwhich the device is applied, the corkscrew ybeing inserted and screweddownward in the stopper, thus bringing the extremities of the extensions5 to bear upon the sides of the bottle at diametrically opposite points.The label 6 is now placed upon the bottle and pasted or otherwise unitedthereto, the label being so arranged as to include one or both of theextremities of the extensions 5 between it and the bottle. Upon an'attempt to remove the cork or stopper 3, either by pulling the sameoutward or rotating it, the extensions 5 will tear the label or effect asufficient mutilation of the same to show that the bottle has beenunsealed and the contents thereof removed.

It is within the scope of this invention to providefmore than twoextensions 5. In fact, any number of such extensions may be employed, orthat portion of the device indicated at 5 may be made contiguous, so asto constitute a cap or cup adapted to t over the neck The corkscrew 4may be sol-v of the bottle, so as to conceal and protect the cork and toembrace the upper portion of the body of the bottle.

In either of the constructions referred to the removal of the cork willinsure the mutilation of the label. Thus a perfect label is a guaranteeof the genuineness of the contents of the bottle, thus protecting themanufacturers of special brands of bottled goods against having theirbottles subsequently refilled with inferior goods.

.It will be understood that the corkscrew may be connected totheextensions 5 in any convenient manner and that the form, proportion, andarrangement of the several extensions may be changed without departingbrace the body of the bottle so as to be en- 1o gaged by the label, of acorkscrew permaneutl y secured thereto and adapted to engage thestopper, substantially as described.

CHARLES XV. MACKEY.

`Witn ceses:

J. K. CHANDLER, B. G. MAGKEY.

